Basic informations

Conference objectives

Professional discussion and presentation of scientific results of academics and students in the field of economics and management in the business and public sector.

Sections and themes of the conference

Each section includes specific themes for paper contribution. The paper should reflect one of the following topics.

Section: New approaches to strategic management in the perspective of competitiveness

• Strategy of successful enterprise
• Competitiveness of industrial enterprise
• Strategic management and enterprise performance
• Decision making in organization – e.g. DEA
• Changes in the business environment and new forms of business
• International corporate cooperation strategy
• Strategic management of cities and municipalities
• Interregional comparison of using the European funds for the development of cities and municipalities

Section:  Ethics, its presence and challenges

• Human and his ethical potential
• Business ethics and its influence on the enterprise
• Ethics of business
• Ethics in education
• Why it is desirable to behave ethically
• Business ethics and corporate social responsibility

Section: Contemporary Management Trends

• Change management
• Crises management
• Corporate social responsibility
• Performance management
• Business planning

Section: Human Resource Management and Development

• Talent management
• Age management
• Diversity management
• Knowledge management
• Gender management
• Key employees
• Competency models
• Employees training and development

Conference outputs

• All  papers which pass the review process and will be presented at the conference, will be published on a CD with assigned ISBN (papers may be written in Czech, Slovak, Polish, English). The proceedings will be sent for inclusion into the database Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Thomson Reuters (ISI Web of Knowledge).
• Papers recommended by the conference’s Scientific Committee will be published in the special issue of journal Economic Revue – Central European Review of Economic Issues for a special issue. Expected are scientific papers deriving from scientific research of authors in English language. This journal is listed as RVVI review journal, and is included in the database ERICH PLUS, EconLit and EBSCO. Published papers are also referenced by DOI.

Conference date

28^th – 29^th November 2018
Detailed program will be specified after all contributions are received.

Conference venue

Hotel Mercure Ostrava Center, Českobratrská 18/1742, Ostrava 

Conference languages

Czech, Slovak, Polish, English.

Conference sections and guarantors

Deadline for applications

26^th October, 2018

Deadline for abstract

26^th October, 2018

Your abstract should be between 150 and 400 words. All abstracts should be submitted in Microsoft Word format (if submitted via email) and in English (including the title, authors’ names, affiliation, and contact information of the authors). Abstracts should include: Objectives, Data and Methods, Results, and Conclusions. JEL classification and up to 6 keywords should be used. Previously published papers may not be submitted.

Deadline for papers

The paper must be submitted, the latest, the day of the conference at registration.

Deadline for fee payments

26^th October, 2018

If a conference fee is paid after the deadline then even if the paper has received positive review it will not be included into the conference outputs.

Conference fee

Invoices will be handed out to participants on the first day of the conference.

The fee can be paid only by a bank transfer.

Bank information

Address: Nadační fond Karla Engliše, Sokolská třída 33, 701 21 Ostrava
Bank name: KB Ostrava
Account number: 83239761/0100
Variable symbol: as a variable symbol use your participant’s number which can be found after your registration in the List of participants, otherwise we will not be able to identify your payment.
Specific symbol: 115

Purpose of payment: Participant’s surname and participant’s number

Payments from abroad 

IBAN: CZ6401000000000083239761
SWIFT: KOMBCZPPXXX

Accommodation

The conference fee does not include accommodation. Accommodation has to be ordered and paid by participants themselves.

Accommodation options

Hotel Mercure Ostrava Center**** (www.mercureostrava.cz) – conference venue
Českobratrská 18/1742
702 00 Ostrava

Above prices are after discounts for conference participants. Reservation of accommodation can be made by sending the completed Reservation Form by e-mail or fax to the Hotel Mercure.

Imperial Hotel Ostrava****, http://www.imperialhotelostrava.com/cs/
Tyršová 6,
701 38 Ostrava

Hotel Maria*** (http://hotel-maria.hotel.cz)
Přívozská 23
702 00 Ostrava

Další možnosti viz http://www.hotel.cz/ostrava/filter-t:1/